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“This is a story about Love and Water….Six travellers from six different eras converge across time and water, arriving at a single remarkable moment. Suspended in a world of multi-era dream-image, across a tumultuous landscape of dance fused with acrobatics and aerial work…who will find the soul’s desire? Premiere run Toronto 2015 Panamanian Festival, July 2015 at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.” From http://loveandwater.org

Ashley St. John – has achieved her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance at Ryerson University.  She began her training at Jacqueline’s School of Dance,at the age of five, where she discoverd her true passion and love for performing. She had the experience of a lifetime playing the role of Sillabub in Toronto’s production of “Cats the Musical.” She has performed at the “Contessa Awards”, “Dance Ontario
Weekend”, “David Foster’s Miracle Gala” and the “Taste of Lawrence Festival”. She has worked at Canada’s
Wonderland as a dancer in over eight shows, including most recently “Toxicity”, choreographed by Julie
Perron. She filmed a pilot for “Rise the Show”, a new web dance series on ABC Sparks. She has collaborated
with “Les Production Haut-Vol” and attended “Springboard Danse Montreal”, a 3 week dance intensive, working with Aszure Barton & Artists. She recently finished a 7 month contract performing in All Together Now Corporation’s Kids Musical: “Jiggijump: The World’s Greatest Machine” at The Science Centre.

She has had the opporunity to perform with TDC Entertainment at events such as “Teddy Bear Affair Gala” and
“Cuts for Cancer.” She recently colloborated with GADFLY, performing in “UNBXBL:GADFLY Dance Theatre
Production” at the Fleck Dance Theatre. She also is currently working on the project “Touch of Psycho”, premiering at the Toronto Fringe Festival in July. “She is excited to adventure into a new aspect dance, collborating with new artists and choreographers to develop a thrilling and unique performance experience.”